DUBAI // The British Embassy has posted its take on the mannequin challenge on YouTube as a message to Britons planning to spend Christmas in the UAE.
The video is just over a minute long and features members of the embassy on the beach decorating a Christmas tree, pulling a cracker over a dining table, as others take a selfie in front of a camel.
It is the latest in a series of festive campaigns the embassy has run to encourage expatriates to be respectful of the UAE’s laws and customs when celebrating.
“With more than 100,000 of us living here in UAE, and around 1.5 million visiting every year, it is little surprise that so many British nationals choose to celebrate Christmas and new year in the UAE,” said Philip Parham, the UK Ambassador to the UAE.
“Every year, we at the embassy try to find fun ways to highlight the importance of being aware that our host country – and therefore its laws, customs and traditions – can be different from our home country.
“This year, we wanted to present a striking visual image to increase the impact of the message.”
The embassy has released the video on its various social media accounts.
The mannequin challenge is a viral video trend in which people act frozen in action like mannequins while a moving camera films them.
In previous years, the embassy has reworked Christmas poems and songs but this time decided to take advantage of the mannequin challenge craze currently sweeping the internet.
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